The establishment of a specialized Board to deal with IP appellate matters was to ease the burden off the shoulders of the various High Courts before which, such appellate matters previously, would lie. The value of intellectual property, unlike tangible property, depreciates with time....

Innovation governance refers to the rules, processes, procedures and specific actions that influence innovations and their dissemination. Good innovation governance includes a monitoring system, compliance with agreed policies and corrective action. While entrepreneurs and private firms are key...

The present study attempts to analyze the patenting activity of antifungal drugs in the pre and post TRIPS period in India. There is a general increase in patent filing in antifungals both by Indian as well as by multinational companies, with greater filing by the latter in the post-TRIPS era....